[4] It is located on the Colorado Plateau and within the area of the Hopi Buttes volcanic field.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 16.8 square miles (44 km2), all land.

[citation needed] In 1988, Waste-Tech Services, Inc. approached and was approved by the tribal government of Dilkon, Arizona to build a $40 million recycling plant.

It was hoped this project could bring 200 jobs to Dilkon; an area with 75% unemployment at this point.

Public outrage built when it was discovered that medical human waste, including amputated limbs, would also be burned at this location.

Co-founded by Lori Goodman and Abe Plummer, CARE was able to reduce the project’s credibility in Dilkon.

On February 25, 1989, Waste-Tech Services, Inc. and its partner company High-Tech Recycling, Inc. put on a public hearing and brought in a panel of engineers to discuss the project, in hopes of gaining back public favor.

Due to the lower lack of wealth and education on American Indian reservations, and their status as a minority, the U.S. government has allowed the encroachment of mining and energy companies for over 40 years to develop the Diné lands, creating environmental and health devastation and loss of aquifer water resources.